The best bit of advice you were given or have read

[turny]

I think we can do better than a woman bashing thread.

sure we can but its much more fun     

[bhoywonder]

yeah i agree


1st in vigourish is a great tool

use it 3 times in a row....not so good

[bolt pp]

dont stick anything bigger or smaller than your elbow in your ear

[The_nun]

You can't change the direction of the wind... But you can adjust your sail..

[RED-DOG]

Many years ago, my dad gave me a copy of Kipling's "IF"

It still hangs by my bed, and I am still trying to live up to it. Imho, it is the best single 'advice' piece ever written.

"If"

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

By Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936).

[lazaroonie]

Many years ago my dad gave me a copy of Mr Kiplings "If" :

If you can keep your french fancy when all about you are losing theirs,
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Yours is the Battenburg and all the bakewells that are in it,
and whats more, you'll be 22 stone my son!

[lynx5.0]

never buy a second hand yo yo of a midget

[The Nomad]

I was 13 at the time,   Beware of fast women and slow horses, it was the only bit of advice my father gave me,  A bit strange really I was runnig a Crown and Anchor game at school and chasing the maids who were well known conduits  of stds .   who said a public school education doesnt prepare you for life..

[yt]

Best advice my Dad ever gave me was "Alway stink of whiskey when attending your back to work interview at the DSS"


Poker advice -
This always gets me by helps me, best poker advice that I've saved over the years -

Poker is a very complex game, and if you want to become great, you have to consider all of the smaller details. Sometimes the math may drive your decision, and other times it may be a read on your opponent. Whatever your reason is for making a certain play, make sure you have one. Don’t bet just because you raised preflop. Don’t move all-in just because you have a flush draw. Don’t fold just because your opponent moved all-in. Think things through.
The key is to play the hand correctly, knowing when to bet, when to call, when to raise, and when to set up for future raises. Fringe hands played in odd situations under optimal conditions with proper play not only are valuable in the present, but also in the future as well.

You should only bet if the value of betting is greater than the value of checking.

The value of your present cards is always much greater than the expected value.

BEGINNER advice
1 Read  the  table.
2 Play  very  tight, especially  in  the  beginning.
3 Start  with  enough  chips.
4 Bet  based  on  what  the  pot  odds  are  (never  over bet  the  pot)
5 Watch  the  odds  for  upcoming  cards. 
6 Patience. Fold More.



and of course - Fundamental theorem of poker -
"Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents' cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you could see all their cards, they lose. Conversely, every time opponents play their hands differently from the way they would have if they could see all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their hands the same way they would have played if they could see all your cards, you lose."